be welcome—
1. be gladly accepted in a particular place:
- You will always be welcome here in our Academy, as a spectator or a participant.
2. be generously permitted to do or have smth.:
- If you and your family need the money that badly you are welcome to it.
3. (ironic) be allowed to have smth. burdensome or unwanted:
- If you think you can do this job any better, you are welcome.
be welcomed—be warmly greeted:
- As the Pope traveled through the streets of Nazareth, he was welcomed by thousands who crowded the streets cheering.